Job 6:14
“To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.”
Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
Counter-Arguments
The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.
Cross-References
“Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.”
“A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.”
“And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.”
“Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.”
“Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.”